New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-09-23

unknown and as unfamiliar to royalty as
to the common people. These memoirs
show the fact in many ways. Many
palaces and stiles described by the MARGARINE
ard there is but one of them tine he.-
mitage namely which MODERN r'on
man would uso as a coach house. Inc dwellings, VI
the petty German princes were generally diiapi-
dated 70 the verge of individuality. When
Wilbelmipe in her honeymoon, was taken 10
Baireuth she found herself lodged in hat was
almost a ruin. Here IS her account:
was at once led to my apartments. Ihese were
so beautiful that must describe them. .,..
A large dirty antechamber led into largo ROOM
If which the ceiling was the greatest ornament.
The paper that covered 1T must once nave oeeh very
handsome Now you required mlcroscope 10. ~ t T.
cover the pattern on it, ! at last made out that IL
renresented the story of Moses aud Aaron. Out or
this room went into bordoir. which was nnng
with kind Of broeade OF wnon never cnvepsd with
green damask. full of holes AT last reached my
bedroom This was also hung with damask anu acc, zee,
Grated here and there with little gold III was All
so brand new that after fortnight there were no
longer any curtains to my bed; they were SD rotten
that DAY r Is aDmb by the state and
appearance of my rooms. mad never seen any
thing to equal 1t.
After giving portrait sketches of the principal
members of her new Court, she proceeds thus:
NJ Won VIttlngshofen resembed Colonel Won
Reitzenstein in everything. with the exception OF
his being more amiabc and accommodating lie nad
a most uncharitable tongue. and spared no one.
Everybody, both prince and beggar' had 10 Suuer
from it.
The other members of the Court pass over in
silence. and have mentioned only those wDo nave
any connection with these memoirs. One ana all,
they were, with the exception Of Won Volt, ,nsup-
portable. 1t was impossible to converse WIN any
Of them on other subjects than horses ana cattle;;
They could in no way count as belonging TO GOOD
society Their chief amusement was drinking
from morning till night. 1t is easily imagined
what my feelings were on this point.
The dinner was badly served. and could scarcely
touch anything. Nearly all the dishes were cooked
with vinegar and onions. ,
became IudlspOsed, and had to retire to my room.
No one had taken the least trouble to make things
comfortable for me- NV rooms were not wai ;,
cradle. l spent miserable night. and made many
sad reflections on my pre- ent position loved tne
Prince passi0nately. but seemed transplanted 70
new world among people who were peasants
rather than gentlemen. Poverty was everywhere
been promised. There was nothing left but 10 niue
my aching heart under smiling lace
A remarkable circumstance. brought out strongly
in these pages is the authority exercised in all these
Courts the great and little ones alike by per-
sons occupying almost meniaI positions. At Berlin
valet named Eversmann. = creature OF Grumkow
used to employ the most uuknd, even threatening
language to Wilhelmime, while the chamberin aid,
Roden, concerned herself actively in ntrlgues and
gave advice to the Queen, her mistress while
playing the spy upOu hcI pclpotudhS' No
body seems to have thought Of getting
rid of these base creatures. Any one in private
life would certainly have sent them packing
at an early stage of their development. but the
divinity that hedges kings evidently could not
protect their families against humiliatons OF this
intolerabe nature So far was the tyranny OF the
funkeys carried, that long after her marriage,
while the Margarine was paying visit to the
King the valet Eversmann chose to Insult and de-
grade her by assigning her rooms so situated that
she had to cross a dirty courtyard to reach her
mother. apartments. She complains bitterly OF
this but did nothing about it at the time. People
were, however accustomed to Inconvenience. The
Margarine travelled a good deal in the course OF
her life, aud though always IN considerable state,
the OCCASIONS were on which she escaped an
upsettiDg, aud sometimes her carriage would be
overturned twice in the same day. To spend many
hours in traversiug few miles; to be constantly
stuck in the mud; to be upset; TO be caught in
storms and wet to the skin: TO arrive at night.
bruised from head to foot, shverng with wet
and cold at an inn or private honse where neither
fire. food nor sufficient lodging had been prepared
was apparently so usual an experience on the
continent of Europe a century and hall ago. that
travellers thought very little of it, and even DELI
cato women discussed the varied dangers aud mis-
cries of the road much as they would the action OF
elemental forces-as matters which could not be in
luenced by human action and therefore had to be
endured as cheerfully as possible
Court etiquette no doubt contributed to prepare
it's bsbitues for almost any amount of discomfort.
Here is an example of what ladies had to put I'D
with during festal periods
Next day we all went out driving in state, bean
tifully dressed. We drove IN pbaetOns, and the
whole COnrt aud nobility followed, there being IN
all eighty carriages. The KING drove in front in a
Rail- md
taken by thunder storm. bnt continued the drive.
notwithstanding. It, rs easy to imagine the result,
and the state to which we were reducedl We were
drenched to the skin. and dresses quite ruined.
At last after driving for four hours the pouring
rain. got ont at MOnbijou where ball and IL
luminatIOns we're to take place. i never saw such
funny figures as all the ladies looked They were
wet that their dresses chung to them. None OF
us could even change our things but mad 10 remain
IN our wet clothes all the rest OF the day.
Questions of precedence disturbed the Margarine
a good deal. She could never forget that she was
a kings daughter. but other people sometimes tried
to take the pas of her. and then there trouble As
an illustration of the kind of quarrels into which
great ladies fall the following anecdote IS inter-
esting:
I had always to drive to the theatre with the
Duchess of Brunswick who would not drive with
the Queen order hot to be obliged to let the
Crown Princess take precedence of her. When she
drove with me she always managed to reach the
carriage first, into which she scrambled in great
hurry TO seat herself on the right-hand side. l am
not prond nor do care about questions or rank.
but ! do require that the respect that due 10
be shown and II others are inclined TO tread on
my toes, am we'll able to assert myself. For the
first few times had let the Duchess have her own
way, and did not demonstrate with her. At last,
however ! watched nv opportunity stepped III
front Of her. and took the right-hand seat in the
carriage She grew scarlet with rage, and had
some trouble to control herself, and ! believe she
would have scratched my eyes out Her face was
swollen and disiigured with rage. After few mo-
ments she said 10 me; ~ am not in my right
quite of your Serene Highness's opinion" ! re-
pied think there is nothing more absurd than
claiming rights which do not belong to you, aud l
think still more so not to insist those which
ours by right" Having said this seized hold of
my bead-dress and held 1t with both hands fear
ing every moment that the Duchess would tear 1t
off. Happily we reached our destination beforeshe
could do so. and she got out of the carriage still
grumblng.
The lives of all the mobiles and princes Mt this
time were very irregular. 1t was an age of hard
drinking. Frederick William despised his son-in-
law. the Prince of Bareuth. because he was not
nj ,aoJt ol,rhf in t1,a